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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Olof Mattias Jonsson | ||
| Date of birth | (1974-01-16)16 January 1974 (age 52) | ||
| Place of birth | Kumla, Sweden | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1995 | Örebro SK | 61 | (24) |
| 1996–1999 | Helsingborgs IF | 84 | (23) |
| 1999–2004 | Brøndby | 131 | (40) |
| 2004–2005 | Norwich City | 28 | (0) |
| 2005–2011 | Djurgårdens IF | 104 | (22) |
| Total | 408 | (109) | |
| International career | |||
| 1994–1995 | Sweden U21 | 15 | (6) |
| 1995 | Sweden B | 1 | (0) |
| 1996–2006 | Sweden | 57 | (9) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Olof Mattias Jonsson (pronounced[maˈtîːasˈjʊ̌nːsɔn]; born 16 January 1974) is a Swedish former professionalfootballer who played as awinger. Starting off his career withÖrebro SK in the early 1990s, he went on to representHelsingborgs IF,Brøndby IF, andNorwich City before retiring atDjurgårdens IF in 2011. A full international between 1996 and 2006, he won 57caps and scored nine goals for theSweden national team. He represented his country at the2002 FIFA World Cup,UEFA Euro 2004, and the2006 FIFA World Cup.
Born inKumla, Jonson started playing youth football withIFK Kumla andKarlslunds IF. He moved toÖrebro SK in 1992, where he got his senior debut in the top-flight Allsvenskan championship.[1] He moved to league rivalsHelsingborgs IF in 1996.[2] He won the1999 Allsvenskan championship with Helsingborg, before leaving the club at the end of the 1999 season.[1]
Jonson moved abroad to join Danish clubBrøndby IF in theDanish Superliga championship. He was brought in by Brøndby's new managerÅge Hareide, and Jonson played several games as astriker, before settling as a left-sidedwinger. He showed his goalscoring abilities for Brøndby on a number of occasions. In the2001–02 UEFA Cup tournament, Brøndby had lost 3–1 away toCroatian clubNK Varteks. In the return game, Jonson scored ahat-trick which guided Brøndby to a 5–0 victory and advancement in the tournament, on a 6–3 aggregate. Jonson also scored a hat-trick in an April 2002 Superliga game, when Brøndby won 5–0 againstAkademisk Boldklub, and helped the club win the2001–02 Superliga championship.[1]
He was Brøndby's league topscorer with 11 goals in the2002–03 Superliga season, and helped the club win the 2003Danish Cup trophy.
After the2004 European Championship, Jonson looked to leave Brøndby. In August 2004, he moved to England and joined the newly promotedPremier League sideNorwich City.[3] He transferred from Brøndby for an undisclosed fee, which was believed to be around £850,000. He struggled to make an impact in the Premier League, and left Norwich after one season.[4]
In 2005, he returned to Sweden to play forDjurgårdens IF.[5] In his first season with the club, he helped Djurgårdens IF winthe Double of both the 2005 Allsvenskan andSvenska Cupen trophies. He started the tournament as a substitute, but was included in Sweden's starting line-up for the final two games before elimination. He ended his national team career in August 2006.[6] Jonson ended his career after the 2011 season, and played his last game on 23 October 2011.
Jonson made hisSweden national team debut in February 1996.[2] He was included in the Sweden national team for the2002 World Cup, where he took part in two games as a substitute, before Sweden were eliminated.[2]
He was called up in the Sweden national team for the2004 European Championship. He started the tournament on the bench, but was brought on as a substitute and eventually secured himself a place in the starting line-up. He played in three of Sweden's four games, and scored a goal againstDenmark, which secured Sweden advancement from the preliminary group stage.[2]
He represented Sweden at the2006 World Cup, where he took part in all Sweden's four matches.[2]
He is the father of theDjurgårdens IF playerMelker Jonsson.[7]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Örebro | 1993 | Allsvenskan | 15 | 1 | – | – | ||||||||
| 1994 | Allsvenskan | 26 | 14 | – | – | |||||||||
| 1995 | Allsvenskan | 20 | 9 | – | – | |||||||||
| Total | 61 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Helsingborg | 1996 | Allsvenskan | 21 | 3 | – | – | ||||||||
| 1997 | Allsvenskan | 19 | 11 | – | – | |||||||||
| 1998 | Allsvenskan | 20 | 4 | – | – | |||||||||
| 1999 | Allsvenskan | 24 | 5 | – | – | |||||||||
| Total | 84 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Brøndby | 1999-00 | Superliga | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 2 | ||
| 2000–01 | Superliga | 29 | 14 | 2 | 0 | – | 5 | 1 | – | 36 | 15 | |||
| 2001–02 | Superliga | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 38 | 11 | |||
| 2002–03 | Superliga | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 40 | 16 | |||
| 2003–04 | Superliga | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | – | 8 | 3 | – | 36 | 9 | |||
| 2004–05 | Superliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 131 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 53 | ||
| Norwich City | 2004–05 | Premier League | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 0 | ||
| Djurgården | 2005 | Allsvenskan | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | – | 14 | 4 | ||
| 2006 | Allsvenskan | 21 | 6 | – | 2 | 0 | – | 23 | 6 | |||||
| 2007 | Allsvenskan | 16 | 5 | – | – | – | 16 | 5 | ||||||
| 2008 | Allsvenskan | 12 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 12 | 2 | |||||
| 2009 | Allsvenskan | 8 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 1 | 9 | 2 | ||||
| 2010 | Allsvenskan | 14 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 14 | 2 | |||||
| 2011 | Allsvenskan | 22 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 22 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 103 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 110 | 23 | ||
| Career total | 362 | 103 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 8 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 8 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 8 | 0 | |
| Total | 57 | 9 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 September 1997 | Råsunda,Solna, Sweden |  Latvia | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification | [13] |
| 2 | 12 February 2001 | Suphachalasai Stadium,Bangkok, Thailand |  China | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2001 King's Cup | [14] |
| 3 | 7 June 2003 | Stadio Olimpico,Serravalle, San Marino |  San Marino | 1–0 | 6–0 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualification | [15] |
| 4 | 4–0 | ||||||
| 5 | 5–0 | ||||||
| 6 | 6 September 2003 | Ullevi,Gothenburg, Sweden | San Marino | 1–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualification | [16] |
| 7 | 22 June 2004 | Estádio do Bessa,Porto, Portugal |  Denmark | 2–2 | 2–2 | UEFA Euro 2004 | [17] |
| 8 | 18 August 2004 | Råsunda, Solna, Sweden |  Netherlands | 1–0 | 2–2 | Friendly | [18] |
| 9 | 4 June 2005 | Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden |  Malta | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | [19] |
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